Marina Valls Soler
About Marina Valls Soler
Marina Valls Soler is a Legal Officer at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, where she focuses on data sharing, personal data, and privacy issues. She has a diverse background in legal consulting, contract review, and technology transfer, with educational qualifications including a Master in Law from The Ohio State University.
Work at Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Marina Valls Soler currently serves as a Legal Officer at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, a position she has held since 2021. In this role, she analyzes data sharing, personal data, and privacy issues. She also provides legal advice on public procurement, including drafting and coordinating calls for tenders and public contracts. Additionally, she contributes legal input on intellectual property matters, including software licenses. Prior to her current position, she worked as a Technology Transfer Officer at the same institution from 2019 to 2021, where she developed internal protocols to enhance efficiency within the legal department.
Previous Experience at ECLAC
Marina Valls Soler worked at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) as a Consultant from 2017 to 2018. Her responsibilities included compliance, contract review, and data management. She also served as an intern at ECLAC in 2017 for five months, focusing on the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development. Her experience at ECLAC provided her with valuable insights into legal compliance and data management in an international context.
Education and Expertise
Marina Valls Soler holds a Master in Law (LL.M) from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where she studied Intellectual Property and ICT Law from 2018 to 2019. She also completed a Master’s degree in International Relations at the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals from 2015 to 2016. Her undergraduate education includes a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from Oxford Brookes University, which she completed from 2012 to 2015. This educational background equips her with a strong foundation in legal principles and international relations.
Internship Experience
Marina Valls Soler gained early legal experience through her internship at Prieto Abogados in 2015, where she worked as a paralegal and contributed to pro bono initiatives for three months in Santiago de Chile. Additionally, she served as an assistant in the Office of the Chief Information Officer at The Ohio State University from 2018 to 2019 for eight months. These roles provided her with practical skills in legal research, contract management, and compliance.